Two students of Twifo Praso Senior High School have been arrested for mobilizing their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist who had accused one of them of stealing a mobile phone.
The incident happened at Twifo Praso in the Central Region on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at about 8:pm.
They are in Police custody for allegedly mobilizing their gang to lynch the spiritualist, who has been identified as Abdul Latif.
Abdul Latif after some incantations, is said to have accused one of them of stealing a mobile phone, which belonged to a junior student.
The junior student’s phone had gone missing and the students reportedly sought the intervention of the spiritualist to help them identify who stole the phone.
When the spiritualist, Abdul Latif accused one of the students of being the thief, he reportedly went and mobilised his gang numbering about 10 who in turn ambushed and attacked Abdul Latif and subjected him to severe beatings until he died.
They then dragged his body into a bush and covered it with weeds.
The Police recovered the body and deposited it at the Twifo Praso Government Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
Graphiconline reported that the incident sparked outrage among some Twifo Praso youth who planned to storm the school campus for revenge.
But a timely intervention by the Police prevented violence.
It took reinforcement teams from the Central North Regional Police Command to maintain order and ensure peace in the area.
The father of the deceased, Yaw Nkrumah said after the phone incident, his son had been attacked twice by some students of the school but he was able to face the students and left unharmed on both occasions.
He said the one that led to his death was the third time the students had attacked him.
